ĐỀ THI HSG9-Q2

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ĐỀ THI KHẢO SÁT HỌC SINH GIỎI
NĂM HỌC 2010-2011
Lớp: Trường: MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 9
SBD: Phòng thi số: Thời gian: 120phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
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Đề chính thức
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Điểm:
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Nhận xét:
A. PHONETICS: 4ms
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest: ( 2ms )
1. A. tide B. timid C. time D. title
2. A. bone B. zone C. hone D. none
3. A. reason B. resolve C. hospital D. seasoning
4. A. Yankee B. yak C. yacht D. Jack
5. A. lunar B. rumour C. ruler D. puzzle
6. A. why B. where C. what D. who
7. A. relaxes B. watches C. misses D. lives
8. A. cooked B. played C. claimed D. favored
9. A. quay B. quarter C. queer D. quote
10. A. house B. hour C. horse D. hero
Answer: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
II. Pick out the word that stressed differently from the others: ( 2ms )

1. A. marketing B. ambition C. fashion D. immigrant
2. A. cucumber B. power C. strawberry D. appointment
3. A. enter B. survive C. succeed D. forgive
4. A. success B. message C. platform D. lipstick
5. A. favorable B. distant C. easy D. courageous
6. A. cartoon B. western C. teacher D. theatre
7. A. Brazil B. Iraq C. Norway D. Japan
8. A. beautiful B. important C. delicious D. exciting
9. A. education B. development C. economics D. preparation
10. A. open B. provide C. arrange D. advise
Answer: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
B. LANGUAGE FOCUS AND VOCABULARY: 4ms
I. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verb given in the brackets: (2ms)
1. It was urgent that she (leave)………at once.
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2. He was so angry that nobody dared (come) ..............
3. He left us 3 hours ago. By now he (be) ............ at home.
4. Don’t worry! We (give) ........... you fifteen pounds now.
5. If only I (listen) ............. to my parents.
6. The speed limit is 30 miles an hour but Tom is driving at 50. He shouldn’t (be) ............... driving so
fast.
7. It is highly desirable that every effort (be) .............. made to reduce expenditure.
8. Suppose every word of this (be) .............. true, what action would the committee wish to take?
9. “You (miss) ……….. the last bus” never mind, I will walk”
10. Mustn’t there (be) .......... another reason for his behavior.
Answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
II. Using the verbs and particles given, make up phrasal verbs which complete the sentences. You

have to use the correct tenses of the verbs: (2ms)
VERBS: pass
control
come
bring
care
go
break
chat
fall
throw
build
show
PARTICLES: through
for
out
down
into
by
to
over
in
away
on
of
1. She has ………… other people’s babies.
2. When my grandmother died, I ............. quite a lot of money.
3. I see they’re going to .............. a book of Peter’s poems in the autumn.
4. I look as if Diana and her husband have ............ again; they’re not speaking to each other.
5. Some people are so nervous that they ........... at the sight of blood.

6. Cecil used to chew his nails before I ……him…….it.
7. This morality was …………. two foundations.
8. Jane ……… Nell about all the people she’d heard from.
9. Mark was sure that he had picked up his key, but when he ............ his pockets, he couldn’t find it
anywhere.
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10. Workers should have more influence and …………. production.
Answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
C. READING: 8ms
I. Read the passage and choose the best answers (2ms)
Almost all governments in sub-Saharan Africa are faced with the problems of a growing human
population and limited financial resources. In this situation, many other topics are (1) ............ to be
higher on their list of priorities than the protection of the many species in danger of extinction.
Nevertheless, much can be done. South Africa is home to an astonishing array of wildlife, ranging from
elephants and rhinoceros to thousands of species of insects. Herds of animals that are (2) ...........for
extinction elsewhere are free to roam over 70,000 square kilometers of nature (3) ......... Yet these areas
only account for six percent of the country so that, increasingly, private land and farms are playing a (4)
.......... role in conserving wild life. As a result, some progress have been made. The black rhinoceros,
numbering 100,000 only fifty years ago, was decimated by the trade in its horn for medicines in Asia
and ornamental (5) .......... for weapons in the Middle East but the (6) ............are that the trends towards
the (7) ........... of the species has at least been halted, if not reserved. The change has (8) ........... about
largely because of greater co-operation between government and private agencies. The law has been
much more (9) ............ enforced. Poachers now face heavy (10) .......... and sentences of ten years in
prison. Those who live close to protected areas now feel they have a stake in the preservation of the
country’s wild life. This is an immense advantage in ensuring the survival of the species.
1. A. bound B. assured C. granted D. undoubted
2. A. directing B. going C. heading D. proceeding
3. A. enclosures B. folds C. parks D. reserves

4. A. chief B. main C. major D. superior
5. A. grips B. handles C. holds D. levers
6. A. signs B. signals C. marks D. symbols
7. A. abolition B. elimination C. removal D. suppression
8. A. brought B. come C. gone D. turned
9. A. extremely B. firmly C. strictly D. strongly
10. A. amounts B. fees C. prices D. fines
Answer: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
II. Fill in each gap with one appropriate word: (2ms)
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HOW DO WE SEE 3D
When we look across a field, how (0) do we know that one distant object is bigger than another
(1) ............. that one object is behind another, not in front of it? In (2) .................words, how do we see
things in three dimensions, in proper relation to (3) ................ other, instead of seeing every thing “ flat
”? The answer is that (4) ............... we see things, we see them not (5) ................ with our eyes but with
our minds as well: we see things (6) ............... the light of experience. Our minds and memories help
(7) .............. to interpret what we see. For instance, experience gives us an idea about the size of things.
A man (8) ............ a boat some distance from the shore looks much smaller than a man on the beach.
But you don’t think that one is very large man and the (9) ........... a very small man. What you say to
yourself is that one man is nearby and the other is (10) ............. away.
Answers:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
III. Read the following passage and choose the best answer: (2ms)
(1) Langston Hug-hes was one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century.
He was born in Joplin, Missouri, and moved to Cleveland at the age of fourteen. Several years later he
spent one year in Mexico before attending Columbia University in New York. For a few years after that
he roamed the world as a seaman, visiting ports around the world and writing some
(5) poetry. He returned to the United States and attended Lincoln University, where he won the Witter

Bynner Prize for undergraduate poetry. After graduating in 1982, he traveled to Spain and to Russia
with the help of a Guggenheim fellowship. His novels include Not Without Laughter (1930) and The
Big Sea (1940). He wrote an autobiography in The Dream Keeper (1932), Shakespeare in Harlem
(1942), Fields of Wonder (1947), One Way Ticket (1974), and
(10) Selected Poems (1959). A man of many talents, Hughes was also a lyricist, librettist, and a
journalist. As an older man in the 1960s he spent much of his time collecting poems from Africa and
from African-Americans to popularize black writers. Hughes is one of the most accomplished writers
in American literary history, and he is seen as one of the artistic leaders of the Harlem Renaissance, the
period when a neighbourhood that was predominantly black
(15) produced a flood of great literature, music, and other art forms depicting daily city life for
African-Americans.
( lyricist (n): nhà thơ trữ tình, librettist (n): người viết lời nhạc kịch).
1. What is the main topic of this passage?
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A. the life of Langston Hughes B. The Harlem Renaissance
C. African-American C. American twentieth-century writers
2. Where was Langston Hughes born?
A. Spain B. New York
C. Missouri D. North Carolina
3. The word “roamed” as used in line 4 is closest in meaning to which of the following
A. traveled B. soared
C. floated D. walked
4. As used to in line 4, which of the following words could best replace the word “ports”
A. islands B. ships
C. friends D. harbours
5. To which of the following movements might Shakespeare in Harlem refer?
A. the Civil War B. The Harlem Riot
C. The Harlem Renaissance D. The Civil Rights Movement
6. What provided Hughes with assistance for his travel to Spain and Russia?
A. his job as a reporter B. his career as a soldier

C. a literary fellowship D. a college study program
7. The word “talent” in line 10 could be replaced by which of the following?
A. desires B. abilities
C. strategies D. careers